ICT: Victim Impact and Professional Intervention
This intermediate-advanced level training is appropriate for child-serving professionals from multiple disciplines, including child protection/child welfare, forensic interviewers, pediatricians, pediatric nurses, children's attorneys/GALs, law enforcement, prosecutors, family court judges, mental health providers, and clergy, as well as any mandated reporter.
Course Overview
Intrafamilial Child Torture (ICT) is a severe form of child abuse where parents or caregivers torture their own children. This often includes the perpetration of physical, sexual, and psychological torture and malicious neglect used as tactics to meet the psychopathological needs of the caregiver. ICT presents with unique family dynamics and perpetrator psychopathology that is different from typical maltreatment. It is often missed or misbelieved due to the extreme nature of the harm and sophistication of the perpetrator. Many ICT cases are not discovered until there has been a child fatality, but we can learn from these cases, intervene, and prevent future fatalities. This training will provide a brief review of "What is ICT?", discuss the impact of ICT on children, give recommendations for the many fields involved in child protection, and provide an overview of 15 clinical and non-clinical interventions that have been helpful for ICT survivors.
This training is designed for the intermediate to advanced level professional, but beginners and students are encouraged to attend to listen and observe. This training will combine lecture, Q&A, group discussion, and real-life case examples.
Participants will be able to:
Explain how developmental trauma impacts ICT survivors.
Advocate for the use of meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration on ICT cases in their community.
Describe one clinical and one non-clinical intervention that has been helpful for ICT survivors.
What people are saying about this course:
“The presenter was very knowledgeable and had great experience in the field. She presented in a manner that made it easy to understand. I enjoyed the presentation.” --Alan G
Thank you so much. Great info that is relevant and that more people need access to. --Jeff K.
Pamela Miller, JD, MSW, LISW-S
Pamela J. Miller, JD, MSW, LISW-S, is a clinical social worker and attorney with expertise in trauma and child abuse law. Since 2019, she has led the Child Maltreatment Policy Resource Center’s Intrafamilial Child Torture (ICT) initiative, co-authoring policy papers, training professionals, and providing legal counsel in state supreme court cases on child torture. Ms. Miller is a Certified Trauma Practitioner with advanced training in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, Body-Based Trauma Treatment, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with training in PCIT/CARE, Child-Centered Play Therapy, and Attachment-Based Play Therapy. She has served as a psychotherapist, an attorney-GAL for maltreated children, and held executive roles in public mental health.
Ms. Miller earned her JD/MSW from the University of Cincinnati and her law degree from Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she was a Moritz Merit Scholar and recipient of the Bergstrom Fellowship from the University of Michigan College of Law. Since 2001, Ms. Miller has focused on advocating for the protection of severely abused children.
